Larry Evans (chess player)
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Larry Melvyn Evans (March 22, 1932 – November 15, 2010) was an American chess player, author, and journalist who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1957. He won or shared the U.S. Chess Championship five times and the U.S. Open Chess Championship four times. He wrote a long-running syndicated chess column and wrote or co-wrote more than twenty books on chess.
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Full name | Larry Melvyn Evans |
Country | United States |
Born | (1932-03-22)March 22, 1932 New York, New York, U.S. |
Died | November 15, 2010(2010-11-15) (aged 78) Reno, Nevada, U.S. |
Title | Grandmaster (1957) |
Peak rating | 2631 (October 1978) |
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